Gas-producer.



PATENTED APR. 2 6, 1904.

No. 758,475. Y J. RBULBAUX.

GAS PRODUCER. APPLIOATION HLED JUNE z, 1903.

NO MODEL.

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,UNITED s STATES Patented. April 26, 1904.

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J OSEF REULEAIIX, OF VVILKINSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO ALEXANDER LAUGHLIN, OF SEWICKLEY, PENNSYLVANIA.

GAS-PRODUCER.

SPECIFIATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 758,475, dated April 26, 1904. Application led June 2, 1903. Serial No. 159,767. (No model.) Y

To @ZZ whom, it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, JOSEF REULEAUx, of Wilkinsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful ,Improvements in Gas-Producers; and I do hereby declare the following lire-bed; fourth, to control the deposit of theA fuel at any one point, and, lastly, to provide a mechanical feeder which while attaining the ends above outlined will effectively guard against the undue loss of gas during the charging operations and will be simple, inexpensive, and positive in operation.

The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a gas-producer equipped with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on line 3 3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 shows in section the application of a portion of my improvements to a producer having the ordinary bell-valve over its charging-opening.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a gas-producer, and 2 the charging-opening formed in the top thereof. On this top, above the opening, is a casing 3, having at its center a cylindrical portion wherein is rotatably mounted the upper cylindrical end of a dischargefspout 4. That portion of the dis- A charge-spout*extending below the casing and through the charging-opening is set at an angle to its axis, so that the fuel may be discharged toward any one point or uniformly onto the lire-bed by gradually rotating the spout as the fuel is passingl therethrough. It is obvious that any suitable means may be employed for readily effecting this rotation,

since the spout moves entirely independently of the casing, which latter is stationary. The means shown embraces a sectional shaft 5, extended upwardly` through the top of the casing 3 and having a beveled pinion 6 in mesh with the pinion of a driving-shaft 7.

8 is'the coal hopper or reservoir, the outlet from which is controlled by a cylindrical valve 9, fast on shaft 7. This valve fits within the cylindrical or bulged portion of a casing 10 and at its ends is Hush with and suitably packed against lateral flanges 12 concentric with the bulged portion. Thispermits the valve to be readily inserted into and removed from the casing. The latter at its lower end opens into what I term a fuelreceiving chamber 13, forming communication between the hopper-connecting casing 10 and the discharge-casing 3, being set at right angles to them boththat is to say, the coalreceiving chamber 13 occupies a horizontal position, while the casings 10 and 3 are perpendicular. Thus the connecting-casing 10 is out of line with charging-opening.

In the rotation of shaft 7 valve 9 will take a certain amount of coal in its pocket and discharge it through casing 10 into chamber 13, at the same time preventing the escape of gas into the hopper. The coal falling into chamber 13 is forced therefrom by a rotary pusher 14, located in the outer end of such chamber out of line with the discharge fromv the hopper. This pusher is shown in the form of an obliquely-set disk mounted on the inner end of a shaft 15, belted or geared to shaft 7. The rotation of the obliquely-set disk serves to gradually force the coal from chamber 13 into the discharge-spout, and by the latter it will be evenly distributed over the {ire-bed. If, however, it be desired to deposit an extra amount of fuel at a given point, it is only necessary to uncouple shaft 5, sofas to prevent the rotation thereof when vthe discharge-spout is in the desired position. 'By

reason of the peculiar formation of the pusher no coal can possibly fall in rear thereof, its forwardly-projected edge not at any time intersecting the plane of the discharge from the hopper.

If the coal is not beingdischargcd from chamber 13 as rapidly as it is fed from the hopper, there is no danger of damage from an oversupply, for the reason that the coal within the casing between the receiving-chamber and the valve will prevent the coal contained in the pocket of the latter from falling therefrom, so that although the valve continues to revolve the coal will remain confined in the valve until the quantity within the receiving-chamber has been lessened.

In Fig. 4 I have shown the application of my feeder to a producer having the ordinary bellvalve 16 for closing the lower end of the casing 17, such valve being actuated by the movements of a weighted lever 18. In this form the rotary spout is not employed.

From what has been said it will be seen that by means of my invention fuel may be readily and uniformly supplied to a gas-producer without danger from overfeeding from the hopper and that the discharge of the fuel into the producer will be easily and gradually effected, while the quantity supplied at any one point may be readily controlled or an even distribution secured. It is obvious also that by mounting the feeding-valveiin an open-end casing it may be readily removed for the purpose of repairs, &c., and that when it is desired to retain the discharge-spout in any one position it is only necessary to uncouple the operating-shaft thereof.

I claim as my inventionl. In a gas-producer having a chargingopening and a casing thereover, a fuel-reservoir out of line with such casing, a horizontally-disposed fuel-receiving chamber opening into said casing, a second casing connecting said chamber to said reservoir, an obliquelyarranged disk positioned within said chamber to one side of the plane of the opening of said second casing into said receiving-chamber,and means for rotating the disk, as set forth.

2. In a gas-producer having a chargingopening and a casing thereover, a fuel-reservoir out of line with such casing, a horizontally-disposed fuel-receiving chamber opening into said casing, a second casing connecting said chamber to said reservoir, a valve in such second easing for supplying fuel from the hopper to said chamber, an obliquely arranged disk positioned within said chamber to one side of the plane of the opening of said second casing into said receiving-chamber, and means for rotating the disk, as set forth.

3. In a gas producer having a chargingopening and a casing thereover, a fuel-reservoir out of line with such casing, a horizontally -disposed fuel-receiving chamber opening into said casing, a second casing connecting said chamber to said reservoir, a valve in such second casing for periodically supplying fuel from the hopper to said chamber, an obliq uelyarranged disk positioned within said chamber to one side of the plane of the opening of said second casing into said receiving-chamber,and a rotary shaft for said disk extended outwardly through one end of the chamber, as set forth.

4. In a gas-producer having a chargingopening and a casing thereover, a fuel-reservoir out of line with such easing, a horizontally-disposed fuel-receiving chamber opening into said casing, a second easing connecting said chamber to said reservoir, a rotary valve in such second casing for supplying fuel from the hopper to said chamber, a rotary obliquelyset disk within said chamber, and actuating means connecting said valve and disk, as set forth.

5. In a gas-producer having a chargingopening and a casing thereover, a fuel-reservoir out of line with such casing, a horizontally-disposed fuel-receiving chamber opening into said casing, a second casing connecting said chamber to said reservoir, a rotary valve for intermittently supplying fuel from the hopper to the receiving-chamber, a shaft for such valve, a rotary obliquely-set disk within such receiving-chamber, a shaft for such disk, and a connection between such shafts, as set forth.

6. In a gas-producer having a chargingopening and a casing thereover, a fuel-reservoir out of line with such casing, a horizontally-disposed fuel-receiving chamber opening into said casing, a second casing connecting said chamber to said reservoir, avalve in such second casing for supplying fuel from the hopper to said chamber, a shaft therefor, an obliquely-arranged disk positioned Within said chamber to one side of the plane of the opening of said second casing into said receiving-chamber, a rotary shaft for said disk extended outwardly through one end of the chamber, and actuating means connecting the shafts of the valve and pusher, as set forth.

7. In a gas-producer having a chargingopening and a stationary easing thereover having a central opening, a fuel-discharge spout mounted in said central opening and extended diagonally through said charging-opening, a sectional shaft connected to said spout, and means for actuating such shaft, as set forth.

8. In a gas-producer having a chargingopening at the center of its top, a casing mounted on said top having a central opening, a fuel-chamber opening into said casing at right angles to said central opening, means for forcing fuel from said chamber, a spout having its upper portion fitted in said central opening, the lower portion of said spout being extended obliquely through the opening in the top of the producer, and means for rotating said spout, as set forth.

9. In a gas-producer having a chargingopening, and a casing thereover, in combination, a fuel-reservoir out of line with such opening, a fuel-receiving chamber forming a right-angular communication between the reservoir and said casing, a rotary valve for IOO ISO

feeding fuel from the reservoir to said eham- In testimony whereof I have signed this ber, a shaft therefor, a rotarypusher within speceation in the presence of two subscribthe chamber, a shaft therefor, a connection ing witnesses. between said shafts, a rotary discharge-spout JOSEF REULEAUX. 5 extended through the charging-opening and VtnesseS: Y

a shaft connected thereto and geared to the THOMAS DURANT,

shaft of the rotary valve, as set forth. FRANCIS S. MAGUIRE. 

